Trailer for first new episode of Half Life 2 available online

Run my gaming friends! Run to download some Half Life 2 video goodness!

The ending to Half-Life 2 was a little...unclear. It wasn't Halo 2 bad, but there was clearly going to be an update to the story. Well, the Half-Life series decided to up and go episodic, and the trailer for the first new episode is online at the Half-Life 2 site. Go watch it. It's okay, I'll wait.

Looks pretty good, doesn't it? It's heavy on the Alyx, and that's something I'm never going to complain about. It's pretty action packed for a teaser, and it looks like the tram ride we get in every Half Life release goes haywire. Yay! The preload begins May 1st, and the game is set to be released June 1st.

While Steam had a somewhat bumpy birth the service has gotten much smoother and now seems to be pretty stable when I use it. I'm really excited about this update to Half Life 2, and I'm starting to think Valve is on the right track with their digital content distribution system. Now, if they'd only kick EA out of the picture...